The Party Of Me...
Just Who Does Kyrsten Sinema Represent?
I wonder when you decided to ditch the Democrats. Were you on a 100-mile bike ride prepping for your next Ironman? Were you sipping wine contemplating your vineyard internship? Were you sprinting through the Capitol hiding from reporters? Maybe, it was at a town hall in Phoenix? No. Of course not. You don’t do town halls; don’t really mix with the masses you claim to channel so well.
I guess we’ll never know the answer. But certainly, the idea moved from thought to action about the time you discovered you were no longer the center of America’s political attention. I mean, last week was really bad, right?
There was Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs with President Biden on Tuesday touting the new Arizona Century at the Taiwan Manufacturing semi-conductor plant. Well, didn’t Joe know that you, ARIZONA SENIOR SENATOR Kyrsten Sinema, the ghost of John McCain, delivered Build Back Better and the Inflation Reduction Act? How could Biden ignore you!
Then there was all the celebrating over Senator Raphael Warnock’s historic win in Georgia. Democrats now have a 51-49 edge in the Senate. 51-49? Doesn’t that mean ARIZONA SENIOR SENATOR Kyrsten Sinema, you who speak the language of Main Street America, have fewer opportunities to hold Democrats and Democracy hostage to whatever civics lesson you’re teaching at the moment?
Well, ARIZONA SENIOR SENATOR Kyrsten McCain Sinema, you showed ‘em!
Cannonballed right into the Democratic Party’s victory lap. Flipped over the buffet table at the wedding reception. Looked over your designer glasses at those pathetic little people who elected you and pronounced that YOU, ARIZONA SENIOR SENATOR Kyrsten Sinema, knew how America could end its knife fighting politics. You’d do it by dumping your party and going INDEPENDENT!
I offer Arizonans something different,” you explained.
Something different, huh? Like your Marie Antoinette moment giving the thumbs down on the minimum wage?
Oh, I get it now. You’ve become The Party of ME that we’ve all be waiting years to see!
Brilliant! No. Clueless and Selfish.
This is quirky Kyrsten with an end game that’s really not clear right now. Getting re-elected to the senate in 2024 could be tough. Will you be running for Veep on a third-party presidential ticket with Elon Musk in 2024? Hmmmm… that’d be a lot of ME for America to handle.
Anyway.
“I work proudly with senators in both parties who have similarly rejected political extremes and forged consensus, helping drain some of the poison from today’s politics.” - Sinema Arizona Republic Op Ed
So Kyrsten, when the Senate gets back to work, do you plan on lunching with Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton, Ron Johnson, and Lindsey Graham to talk about a heavily armed White Christian America? Will you be taking Ginni Thomas’ phone calls to discuss ending gay marriage and stealing the next election? BTW, I’m hearing Nick Fuentes is open for coffee.
Why not face the voters and the Arizona media to lay out The Way Forward? You know, skip the unchallenged format of your Republic Op Ed and the softball questions on local radio. Instead, take some tough questions in a news conference. Explain yourself.
Nah. Not your style. Of course, you know better than the rest of us.
“Nothing will change about my values or my behavior,” you told Politico.
Well, that’s a relief. I was wondering if you suddenly might have believed the wealthy should pay more taxes, or that we deserve real prescription drug relief, or that voting rights truly need protection as your new buddies on the Right continue whacking the franchise.
“While Arizonans don’t all agree on the issues, we are united in our values of hard work, common sense and independence.” - Sinema’s Arizona Republic Op Ed
Here we go again. All this crap about how “independent” Arizona is, you know, such a cradle of intellect.
Please Kyrsten. Can you be honest for just a minute about what “independent” truly means here in State 48? There are confederate battle flags involved.
The “independent” Arizonans you claim are so locked in on reality ran a slate of election deniers, homophobes, misogynists, and White supremacists on the Republican party ticket.
Kari Lake almost became governor. Abe Hamedah still has a shot at becoming AG if the recount goes his way.
If making nice with the “independent” Arizona means you’re OK with those slinging AR’s over their shoulders, spewing hate, and “protesting” at the Arizona capitol, then you’re backing the wrong team.
Forget about reasoning with folks who believe satellites control elections and buy whole heartedly into Replacement Theory. You know this to be true. You spend time with Andy Biggs.
So, Kyrsten, where have you left Arizona Democrats?
Not in a good place. Senator Mark Kelly is unproven and tends to avoid the tough stuff. Our House delegation is majority Republican, and features treasonous Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, plus the completely corrupt David Schweikert. We can count on Democrats Ruben Gallego to throw some bombs, Raul Grijalva to fight for climate and environmental protection, and Greg Stanton to do a lot of important retail politics. That’s about it.
But, I guess you’re right, Kyrsten.
Arizonans don’t need another Democrat to shield us from the authoritarianism and toxic capitalists who pass for Republicans nowadays. What we needed was a new party, a party of one, The Party of ME.
Thank the heavens that You, ARIZONA SENIOR SENATOR Kyrsten Sinema, are ready to make that sacrifice.
“Like a lot of Arizonans, I have never fit perfectly in either national party,” you wrote in the Republic.
I disagree.
A lot of Arizonans fit nicely into the Nazi Party.
We need committed Democrats and Republicans to protect us.
Not you and your Party of ME.